Simon English is the Financial Editor at The Standard. He has been covering business, the City and Wall Street for 30 years including at The Times, The Telegraph and The Sun. He has worked in New York and the Cayman Islands....
Simon English is the Financial Editor at The Standard. He has been covering business, the City and Wall Street for 30 years including at The Times, The Telegraph and The Sun. He has worked in New York and the Cayman Islands.
City Comment: Signs of optimism in the flotation market
City Comment: Strong regulation is good for the City, not a weakness
Guinness in fashion among younger drinkers
The royal bank claims its ‘home bias’ towards British company shares was an ‘anachronism’ that needed ‘funadamental change’
Members call for vote on deal grows
Search for successor begins, says Europe’s biggest bank
City Comment: The latest Government data shows Goldman at the top — or bottom depending on your perspective — of the banking pay gap league table
City Comment: Sainsbury is top dog for now -- but this is a really competitive market
Britain’s biggest bank predicts three rate cuts this year
Inflation has all but gone, says Primark boss
City Comment: Even the new high is partly based on a very low level of optimism about the future for London shares
City Comment: Virgin Money shareholders get a vote, why don’t Nationwide members?
The company will delist from the stock market allowing Dunkerton to focus on retailing – and avoids the business falling into administration
City Comment: The rebel members are becoming an irritant to the Nationwide board